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May Mother’s Day be filled with love, hugs, and holding hands.♡  A lady on a ferry in the San Juan Islands last year shared with me her realization that since her mom’s recent death, she must now mother herself.  It … Read More

I felt like crawling under a rock!  Instead, I took a deep breath, reconsidered my motivations and values, and learned a lot.  Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve continued to digest the lessons and the love.  Thankfully, several friends took … Read More

Sharing the story (and hence, part of my story) of one of my paintings from the Bloom True class.  I’m calling this painting “Love Within”.  It’s not quite done, but the last official class lesson was today and the assignment … Read More

Wise words for this Wednesday from my angel momma, Paulette, kind of her version of the golden rule, namaste, and ubuntu. Today would have been her 67th birthday and my family and I miss her so very much! Yet, we … Read More

The winter solstice symbolizes coming out of the darkness and into the light as the darkest day of the year passes. This angel is meant to celebrate the change and the coming of brighter days. She holds a seed representing … Read More

Love that today, my son, Drew, asked me, “Would you go for a walk in the woods with me, Mom?” and I could say, “Yes, I would LOVE to!” A minute later, after grabbing my camera, we were out the … Read More

Pouring my heart into this… it counts as therapy in my book! 😉 This is my response (Take 1 and 2, actually!) to the documented life project (DLP, learn more here: Arttothe5th) week 18 challenge to include a quote in … Read More

Booklace and Lovelace homemade journal necklaces available on Etsy site in time for Mother’s Day. Lovelace – few decorative paper pages for personal love note inside small fabric journal book necklace Booklace – several decorative paper pages for journaling inside … Read More